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A network administrator is connecting hosts A and B directly through their Ethernet interfaces, as shown in the illustration. Ping attempts between the hosts are unsuccessful. What can be done to provide connectivity between the hosts?

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1. A crossover cable should be used in place of the straight-through cable.
2. A rollover cable should be used in place of the straight-through cable.
3. The subnet masks should be set to 255.255.255.192.
4. A default gateway needs to be set on each host.
5. The subnet masks should be set to 255.255.255.0.

A. 1 only

B. 2 only

C. 3 and 4 only

D. 1 and 5 only

E. 2 and 5 only

Answer: Option D

Solution(By Examveda Team)

First, if you have two hosts directly connected, as shown in the graphic, then you need a crossover cable. A straight-through cable won't work. Second, the hosts have different masks, which puts them in different subnets. The easy solution is just to set both masks to 255.255.255.0 (/24).

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Comments ( 3 )

  1. Phoebe Buffay
    Phoebe Buffay :
    3 years ago

    both masks are same right? why do we have to set the subnet mask to 255.255.255.0

  2. IT Info
    IT Info :
    3 years ago

    Crossover cable then the answer should be 1 and 5.

  3. Adanech Horsa
    Adanech Horsa :
    5 years ago

    Thanks

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